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1 | First Century Second Coming? | John 5:19 | Fatherof4 | 127719 | ||
Emmaus, 1 Cor. 15:26 refers to spiritual death. The same spiritual death that came upon Adam in the Garden of Eden. Paul is explaining that in v.44 "it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body." Note in v. 56-57 "The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." There Christ was victorious over (spiritual) death through his sacrifice. Jesus said he did not come to abolish the law, but to fulfill it. The end of the Law was culminated in the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD. Jesus fulfilled the law therefore overcoming sin and death. The case for full preterism can be made from the scriptures without straying into uninspired writings. However, I could cite early church fathers who also held preterist-type views. (On Matthew 24:3,34) "But our Master did not prophesy after this fashion; but, as I have already said, being a prophet by an inborn and every-flowing Spirit, and knowing all things at all times, He confidently set forth, plainly as I said before, sufferings, places, appointed times, manners, limits. Accordingly, therfore, prophesying concerning the temple, He said: "See ye these buildings? Verily I say to you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another which shall not be taken away [Matt. 24:3]; and this generation shall not pass until the destruction begin [Matt. 24:34]. . . ." And in like manner He spoke in plain words the things that were straightway to happen, which we can now see with our eyes, in order that the accomplishment might be among those to whom the word was spoken. (Clementine Homilia, 3:15.) |
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2 | First Century Second Coming? | John 5:19 | Emmaus | 127730 | ||
Fatherof4, As I said, shoehorning a passage into a theory. Paul was speaking of the respurrection of the body. Did Jesus rise in the body? Yes. Wass it different? yes But still a body that ate and could be touched along with its other supernatural qualities. Is the bodily resurrection of Jesus the pattern that we are to follow? Yes. Has that happened yet for those who have died in faith? No. So, we wait with joyful hope for the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Emmaus |
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